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kraftiekortie
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22 Mar 2018, 11:35 am

And you haven't committed "transgressions," Mr. Pepe?



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22 Mar 2018, 3:01 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
And you haven't committed "transgressions," Mr. Pepe?


Errrm...
I never transgress... 8O
I simply speak the truth...
Look at my signature: I'm the Oracle of Truth...:mrgreen:

As Sancho Panza said: "There's no use blaming my eye, it doesn't make the world it only sees it".... :wink:

Well, as often happens I was being facetious... 8O
In this context "transgression" means defying my monopoly on the truth... :mrgreen:



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28 Mar 2018, 8:27 pm

I think religeon has an awful lot to answer for but for some reason its as strong as ever. In science we require proof but not reigeon, do the math



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29 Apr 2018, 11:53 am

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I think anyone who claims a being there is no proof of existing is real should be diagnosed with schizophrenia, detained against their will in a mental hospital and pumped full of drugs. It is curious that we do that to people who talk to "voices" but not to people who talk to "God".


You missed the criterion in the DSM/ICD that says a delusional belief must cause a significant impairment in occupational and social functioning. This is paramount because otherwise we'd return to the old Soviet diagnosis of "sluggish schizophrenia", which was used to justify taking away freedoms from anyone with undesirable (political) opinions.

To have a false belief, without any impairment in social and occupational functioning, does not constitute a mental illness according to psychiatric guidelines.


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30 Apr 2018, 10:47 pm

I don't think that religious people should be locked up in mental hospitals. I'd hate to be locked up because I'm a Christian.

Why were you locked up?
I believe in God.
Let my child go!


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01 May 2018, 4:20 pm

No, they're far too numerous for the rest of us to support and we lack sufficient beds. :lol:


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